Originally a native of Enniskillen, now living in Holywood Co Down, Deirdre Hiscocks studied Art under Kathleen Brindle and encouraged by her, gained the Final Certificate (Honours) from The Royal Drawing Society London. She graduated in Art and Design (Distinction) from Stranmillis College Belfast and later studied life drawing and ceramics at Belfast Art College.

Ebb Tide, Ringdufferin

1993: Elected member of the Ulster Watercolour Society

1993: Winner of the Max Maccabe Trophy USWA

1994: Exhibited in the RUA

1995: Awarded USWA Diploma

1996: Winner of the Morton Newspaper Award

1997: Winner of the Ulster Bank Perpetual Award ASU

1999: Awarded ASU

2006: Published in the Leisure Painter

2006: USWA Frame Award

2008: USWA Frame Award

Primulas

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Dark Red Poppies

Deirdre is a former Head of Art and Design in Belfast Model School for Girls and is now Head of Art and Design in Ashfield Boys’ High School. She finds the love of flowers in their natural environment an enjoyable stimulus for many of her watercolours. Over the years she has served as a committee member of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, The Ulster Water Society, The Arts Society of Ulster and The Kerr Art Group. She exhibits annually with these groups and has exhibited with the RUA and in S. Ireland and USA.